Online Workshop Events Archive

NISE Net partners have adapted NanoDays activities to extend and increase engagement and understanding of nano in their local communities. From creating a series of culturally based activities for camps and school outreach to using kit activities to foster closer relationships with local industry, presenters in this online brown-bag conversation explored ways to identify the need and what steps these museums have taken to successfully bring nano to their community.

National Chemistry Week is the annual community event of the American Chemical Society (ACS), celebrated during the fourth week of October to encourage chemists and chemistry enthusiasts to build awareness of chemistry at the local level. This year's National Chemistry Week theme is "The Sweet Side of Chemistry- Candy." In this brown-bag, presenters discussed National Chemistry Week, shared NISE Net activities that have a candy connection, demonstrated how to make edible gummy capsules, and explained the chemistry behind these sweet activities.

Second in a series of brown bags about the Nano mini-exhibition, presenters discussed strategies for marketing the Nano mini-exhibition. They went over promotional materials developed by the NISE Network for the exhibit, the development process, and provided ideas on adapting these resources for use by your museum. Partners from three different museums talked about how they adapted NISE Network materials for use in their Nano advertising.

In this first in a series of brown bags about the Nano mini-exhibition, we take a look at different approaches to training staff and volunteers to work with the Nano mini-exhibition. We will review the NISE Network resources available to assist you as you begin and will also hear from partners about their experience preparing staff for ongoing work with the exhibit.

Are you interested in learning more about the science behind the NanoDays activities? Do you want to know more about how the NanoDays activities are related to cutting-edge research? Then this recorded presentation may interest you! This brown-bag focused on the applications and scientific background behind the following NanoDays 2014 kit activities:Exploring Properties - Electric Squeeze and Exploring Properties - Capillary Action.

Sheltered instruction helps English-speaking facilitators to reach participants who don't speak English, as well as those who have other language barriers such as hearing impairment or development disorders. This overview will outline when to use sheltered instruction, cover a few of the basic strategies and how the audience benefits from them, and share resources to find out more.

This online brown bag is designed to empower museum educators to engage visitors in meaningful conversations about the relevance of emerging technologies to our lives. The NISE Net and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University have collaborated to develop a variety of practical and tested resources to help prepare science museums to connect with our communities and make the experiences we offer relevant to visitors' lives.

Are you interested in learning more about the science behind the NanoDays activities? Do you want to know more about how the NanoDays activities are related to cutting-edge research? Then this recorded presentation may interest you! This brown-bag focused on the applications and scientific background behind the following NanoDays 2014 kit activities: Exploring Materials - Oobleck and Exploring Materials - Ferrofluid.